"I Love Driving": Alternative Constructions of Hmong Femininity in the West.

Julian, Roberta

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ERIC Number: EJ571289

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Publication Date: 1998

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"I Love Driving": Alternative Constructions of Hmong Femininity in the West.

Julian, Roberta

Race, Gender & Class, v5 n2 p30-53 1998

Explores the social and cultural construction of femininity among young Hmong women in the West, drawing on interviews with members of the Hmong community in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia). Constructions of Hmong femininity emerging in Australia and the United States challenge the core of Hmong social organizations as imagined in the West. (SLD)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Females, Femininity, Foreign Countries, Hmong People, Sex Role, Social Influences

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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